Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza
Acting • Born 1989-11-03
Biography
Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza, better known by his ring name Andrade El Idolo, is a Mexican professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) who also competes in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he made his debut as a member of the United Empire stable at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026. Andrade made his professional wrestling debut in 2003, a month before his 14th birthday, and initially worked under the ring name Brillante Jr. In 2007, he began wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as La Sombra, where he found major success by winning the 2007 Torneo Gran Alternativa and the 2011 Universal Championship, and at one point simultaneously holding the Mexican National Trios Championship, the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, and the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. During his time as "La Sombra," Andrade was a founding member of Los Ingobernables, won the masks of El Felino, Olímpico, and Volador Jr. in Lucha de Apuestas matches, later lost his own mask to Atlantis, and also competed internationally in NJPW, where he became a one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he made his NXT debut in 2016 as Andrade “Cien” Almas and won the NXT Championship in 2017, joined the main roster in 2018 and captured the WWE United States Championship in 2019, competed in AEW from 2021 to 2023, returned to WWE in 2024 where he won the WWE Speed Championship, and departed the company in 2025 before rejoining AEW in 2026.
Filmography
77 credits
AEW Full Gear 2021
Movie • 2021
Andrade El Idolo
AEW Revolution 2022
Movie • 2022
Andrade El Idolo
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
Movie • 2018
Andrade "Cien" Almas
AAA Triplemania XXX: Monterrey
Movie • 2022
Andrade El Idolo
Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match
Movie • 2022
Andrade El Idolo
AEW All Out 2022
Movie • 2022
Andrade El Idolo
AEW Worlds End 2023
Movie • 2023
Andrade El Idolo
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
Movie • 2024
Andrade
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Movie • 2014
La Sombra
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
Movie • 2015
La Sombra
NXT TakeOver: The End
Movie • 2016
Andrade "Cien" Almas
WWE SummerSlam 2018
Movie • 2018
Andrade "Cien" Almas
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
Movie • 2024
Andrade
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
Movie • 2011
La Sombra
WWE Money in the Bank Kickoff 2024
Movie • 2024
Andrade
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
Movie • 2016
Andrade Cien Almas
WWE WrestleMania 35
Movie • 2019
Andrade (Preshow)
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
Movie • 2019
Andrade (Preshow)
WWE Fastlane 2019
Movie • 2019
Andrade
NXT Takeover: San Antonio
Movie • 2017
Andrade "Cien" Almas
NXT Takeover: Orlando
Movie • 2017
Andrade Cien Almas
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
Movie • 2017
Andrade Cien Almas
NXT TakeOver: WarGames
Movie • 2017
Andrade Almas
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
Movie • 2018
Andrade Almas
NXT Takeover: New Orleans
Movie • 2018
Andrade "Cien" Almas
NXT: Best of 2017
Movie • 2018
WWE Extreme Rules 2018
Movie • 2018
Andrade "Cien" Almas
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Movie • 2019
Andrade
WWE Money in the Bank 2019
Movie • 2019
Andrade
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Movie • 2019
Andrade
WWE Crown Jewel
Movie • 2019
Andrade (Preshow)
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
Movie • 2020
Andrade (Preshow)
WWE Super ShowDown 2020
Movie • 2020
Andrade
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
Movie • 2020
Andrade
WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
Movie • 2018
Andrade "Cien" Almas
WWE Backlash 2020
Movie • 2020
Andrade(Preshow)
WWE SummerSlam 2020
Movie • 2020
Andrade
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
Movie • 2020
Andrade
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 1
Movie • 2011
La Sombra
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2
Movie • 2011
La Sombra
WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 2018
Movie • 2019
Andrade
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
Movie • 2019
Andrade "Cien" Almas
AEW Road Rager
Movie • 2021
Andrade El Idolo
AEW Fyter Fest
Movie • 2021
Andrade El Idolo
Triplemania XXIX
Movie • 2021
Andrade el Ídolo
WWE Crown Jewel
Movie • 2024
Andrade
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
Movie • 2025
Andrade
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
Movie • 2025
Andrade
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
Movie • 2025
Andrade
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
Movie • 2026
Andrade El Idolo
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
Movie • 2026
Andrade El Idolo
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026
Movie • 2026
Andrade El Idolo
NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026
Movie • 2026
Andrade El Idolo
AEW Grand Slam Australia 2026
Movie • 2026
Andrade El Idolo
AEW Revolution 2026
Movie • 2026
Andrade El Idolo
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Andrade El Idolo
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV • 2023
Andrade El Idolo
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV • 2021
Andrade El Idolo
Raw
TV • 1993
Andrade
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Andrade
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Andrade Alamas
AEW Dark: Elevation
TV • 2021
Andrade El Idolo
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Andrade Cien Almas
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Andrade "Cien" Almas
WWE Speed
TV • 2024
Andrade
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
ANDRADE "CIEN" ALMAS
AEW Dark
TV • 2019
Andrade
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Andrade Almas
AEW Dark
TV • 2019
Andrade El Idolo
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Andrade
The SmackDown LowDown
TV • 2022
Andrade
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV • 2021
Andrade
Raw
TV • 1993
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV • 2023
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019